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Car thread
Alyx Vance:
--- Quote from: Pie Crust on February 27, 2015, 09:05:35 PM ---Wow. Doesn't the salt peel the paint from the car?
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It'll rust any untreated surface away. Especially undercarriages. I've seen so many rusted undercarriages that have loads of salt residue in the wheel bays
Frontrox:
--- Quote from: Mikoyan on February 27, 2015, 06:32:48 PM ---Anyone that thinks a manual car would be better to own has never driven on a day to day basis in civilization before.
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What
$trinick:
--- Quote from: XR-7 on February 27, 2015, 12:24:00 PM ---That brake pedal looks like a household register vent.
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Actually, that's the spot you put your foot below where the clutch would be. The brake is just barely visible on the right, looks normal.
--- Quote from: Pie Crust on February 27, 2015, 04:28:53 PM ---You can't dragrace with an automatic car without a manual setting nor can you brake with the gearbox which is very useful when you get a flat tire. Automatic cars are for you lazyass friends who want everything easier in their life.
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You can totally drag race in an automatic car "without a manual setting." It's called mashing your foot down. It won't be as much fun as shifting, but you can do it. Also, you can brake with your handbrake if you don't have a gear selection mechanism, but it's irrelevant because the R8 DEFINITELY has a gear selection mechanism. In fact, most high end sports cars are shifting (no pun intended) away from manual gearboxes because they're slow and clunky. Porsche is phasing out manual transmissions in favor of it's fantastic PDK dual-clutch transmission. Lamborghinis haven't shipped with manual transmissions for at least two generations. Ferraris don't come with manual transmissions anymore.
--- Quote from: Alyx Vance on February 27, 2015, 06:17:59 PM ---I prefer manuals for the fact you can get a better control of its speed + if your brakes go out you can actually not die
On the other hand a automatic is easier to drive but horrid for anything aside from casual drive. Also their transmissions suck richard. (They are not fun to work with, transmissions suck in general but I dislike automatic more. Both spew trans fluid all over the place)
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You don't really get better control of speed. You get better control of RPMs, but first off automatic transmissions are really good at selecting the proper gear desired based on your current speed and how far down the gas pedal is pressed, and second off any car that is worth driving for the pleasure of driving with an automatic transmission lets you control the currently selected gear.
Also, automatic transmissions are engineering masterpieces. Look at one sometime. They are glorious works of logical art and are probably the most complex machinery that's utilized so heavily per capita.
That said, I prefer manual transmissions. I just think it's dumb when people hate on automatics. It's bandwagoning friendry.
e-maxx:
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Foxscotch:
--- Quote from: Pie Crust on February 27, 2015, 04:28:53 PM ---Automatic cars are for you lazyass friends who want everything easier in their life.
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the way i see it owning a car at all makes you lazy. it's morally wrong to want things to be easy therefore u should walk everywhere